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8/5/01-
Okay I have had it:) All done, so now when will my life get back to normal? I had the op on 8/4. The painful part was when they removed the tube....boy did that hurt. My poor hubby just started praying because I let out a scream. God really blessed , no problems at all. Take care!!!!!
8/15/01-
Hi, I went for my two week visit with Dr. Snyder and I have lost 29 lbs!!!! Dr. Snyder was so happy for me. So I will be going back in two more weeks, he will email me my third week instructions though. Take care.
12/29/01-
I know, I know, it has been some time now since my last update. I talked to one of my dearest pals this evening, and man do I miss her. We have both battled being overweight for a very long time. (Hi, Tue hurry back to US soon, we really do miss ya)
12/31/01-
Happy New Year to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well the Eve of:)
Can not wait until church tonight....will have soooo much fun. We have so much to thank the Lord for. There are many who are not here to bring in the New Year. Let us think of them during this time, and pray for their families.
Well a total of 79lbs gone, gone , gone. You know what?
I do not miss them at all...lol
Bless all of you this New Year. Be safe, and use this time for reflection. We are approaching a brand new year, we can not change 2001, but we can make changes for 2002. Reach, Dream, Strive........but most of all....Pray.
2/20/2002-
I am now down to 160's!!!!!! Size 12!!!!!!!
I thank the Lord for this, and I also thank him for Dr. Snyder (Thornton, CO)
Please, if you live in this area, even Colorado Springs, try him. They are a wonderful staff.
Well, I am off! Since the big day (wls), I have had so many blessings come my way. I will be in California all next week at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel ( cool huh ) I will be in California auditioning for a few breaks, BIG ones. Pray, pray , pray for me:) The weight is just pouring off of me and I now understand that I have been losing more than just pounds, I have been losing inner weight that has held me down for far too long. I do understand that wls is not for everyone, I was not sure if it was for me. However through prayer and the love of my husband, I am on the other side, and feeling better than I have in years. May the Lord guide those of you considering wls, and bless you. Pics will be up soon:)
6/7/02- Hello everyone, it has been a while. I just returned home from prayer and was checking up on the site. I am down to a size 8 now. How cool!!!! What a blessing indeed. I am reaching for 4 to 5 in size. Keep me lifted in prayer to reach this goal. It seems as if the weight has come off so quickly. I had stopped and maintained a size 10 for what seemed like a long time, however when I think of all that I have lost since August 4,2001 I stand amazed. May the dear Lord keep and guide all of you.
6/25/02-
Hello family!
Things are great as ever. Yesterday I was doing a shoot on a set with Sinbad and it was cool, we talked a bit, he is a really swell guy. My acting career has taken off!!!!! Since Feb.2002 I have worked with Jack Nicolson, Adam Sandler, Marisa Tome (I think that's how you spell it), Six Feet Under, Resurrection Blvd., Mind Of A Married Man, Steven Speilburg, and Leo De Caprio. Been on the red carpet at a major opening and hung out with Carmen Electra and Kurtian Dunst as well as the cast from the latest National Lampoon film. Nothing is too hard for God, He will give you favor, bless your going in and coming out. All we have to do is simply trust Him. God's Word said that we should not lean on our own understanding but to trust in Him with All of our hearts and He shall direct our paths. He will renew a right spirit within us. We can accomplish the impossible, the unthinkable. We can reach the unattainable, climb high mountains and cross deep rivers.
You know, we only get one of these things called life, so why waste it on empty promises and broken dreams. Strive to be all that you can be, because truly the only thing keeping you from being and doing what you dream is simply the very lack of belief in a Dream.
All in all, this has been one great year!!!! Each day is a fresh start. An opportunity to change your life. The power starts within your mind and it begins to create possibilities within your life. Confess the things that you want to happen in your life, write letters to God, speak God's Word over your situations. Then just sit back and watch God do His work, really that is when He is at His best.
I've lost more inches and I can just about fit into a size 7 & 8. I am reaching for the 3's though. It's coming, I will be there soon enough.
Remember the name of LaPamela Avant, because indeed it will be known all over the world, right up in lights:)
Dream, Reach and Receive! We can do All things through Christ Jesus who strengthens us! All things are possible to them that believe!!!!!!! Mark 9:23
God Bless
7/18/02
Things have been absolutely fantastic! I find that I am daily inspired by God to do simply what the world has for so long claimed could not be done.
Psalms 84:5-7 States that "Happy are those who are strong in the Lord, who want above all else to follow His steps. When they walk through the Valley of Weeping ( LA) it will become a place of springs where pools of blessings and refreshment collect after rains! They will grow CONSTANTLY in strength and each of them is invited to meet with the Lord in Zion."
Where is Zion?
Zion is the very high place, the peak. The quiet innermost moments with God. That's my Zion:)
It is simply the one on one time with my Dad. When things are quiet, all of the world seems blocked out, sort of like pressing mute. He sits there and simply listens me. He talks to me, guides and direct me. For the steps of a righteous man are ordered by the Lord. The world dose not listen much anymore. However, when I need a listening ear, sound advice, a hug, a smile, a lifter of my head, I simply go up to Zion and spend time with my Lord, my Daddy.
I am definitely in 8's now, some 7's. I started lifting again and running every day. More weight and inches have been pouring off. My 1 year anniversary will be August 4th!!!!!
I was on the new show " For the People" on Monday!!!! It was great. It will be on Lifetime. I also taped the commercial promos for Cedric the Entertainer's new show that will be on Fox this Fall. I have been booked as a waitress on "The Guardian" CBS show, and as a divorce Lawyer in the upcoming film " Intolerable Cruelty" with George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Billy Bob Thornton. I am just about finished with my book, actually it is a book that both my husband ( James Bond) and I have been working on. It's a book of prayer. It has truly been a blessing for the both of us, we pray that it will bless many lives across this nation and beyond.
Let me share a little about this man I call, husband. When I was a little girl, living in Conway SC I would sit on my bed look out of my window and create my very own fairytale. You know the kind. It was filled with so many wonderful things, make believe places, and beauty everywhere. A kind and handsome knight would come along and sweep me off of my feet....then music would play as the words " And they lived happily ever after" would come up. ( Even then I was Hollywood bound:) Well, fantasy or not, my knight came sweeping into my life in the year 1998 and it truly has been happily ever after:) The man that the Lord has given to me as my husband, is not only the exact answer to my prayers, but much, much more. He is gentle, kind, honest, GOD fearing, a good father, my very best friend, hard working, diligent, giving. I could go on, and on.
I honor my dear husband, James T. Bond. I hold him in high regard. I respect him and admire his spirit. Honey if you read this, I love you, and each day my love for you grows stronger and stronger. You are my angel, my God-sent. I thank the Lord that He has made such a wonderful fit for me and entrusted me to be a good wife to His dear son. I love you, I love you. I look forward to all that God has for us, so come on, let's take this world by Storm...TOGETHER!!!!!!!
7/26/02
Hi everyone:) I pray that all is well in your lives. Thank you Kyla for sending such a kind and thoughtful email:) You are very sweet.
More good news, the flood gates of Heaven have been pouring out blessings that we have not room enough to store. Let's see, I worked on "Alias" Wednesday, Thursday I worked "Crossing Jordan", today I worked on "ER" and I am booked to do a "Doritos" commercial on the 30th and 31st. I just found out that I am also booked on a "Saturn" commercial this weekend:)
God is soooo grand! I thank Him for divine favor from on-high. I thank Him for the gifts that He has placed within my home
(my beloved & beautiful Husband and my dear, praying children). I am blessed to have such an awesome support team.
Each and every day I have to take time to thank the Lord for all of His loving kindness. He has been better to me than I have been to myself. I have stood before Him undeserving, cold, bitter, filled with sin. Yet in His grace and mercy He looked beyond All of my faults and saw my Need. I needed, I need, and will Need Jesus for ever. He walks with me, He talks with me, He tells me that I am His own. I need not fear what the enemy may attempt, for I look to the hills from which cometh my help, my help comes from the Lord. I lean not to my own understanding but trust in Him with all of my heart and He directs my path. God is my mentor, I look to Him for guidance. He calls my name ever so gently, in a still quiet voice, ever so softly directing me in the direction that I should go.
As I walked onto the set of "ER" today, praise began to swell up within me. Joy unspeakable joy, began to flow throughout my very being. It wasn't Noah Riley, or any of the other stars, because you see, this joy I have, the world didn't give it to me, this joy that I have the world didn't give it and since they didn't give it to me, they sure can't take it away:) Now I understand how David danced in praise right out of his clothes, and why Jeremiah said it's like fire, shut up in his bones. The joy that the Lord gives is more beautiful than anything our feeble minds could ever imagine or understand. It is so grand and powerful that it has the power to part waters, move mountains, shut Lions' mouths, make a man walk on water, heal the sick, set the captives free, make enemies at peace with you, calm storms, free- debts, build homes, re-build lives, renew minds, grant success, heal failure, remove doubt, open shut doors, make highways out of trails and oceans out of ponds, open closed eyes and hearts, replace hate with forgiveness and envy with contentment, the lifter of our heads, the pep in our step, the actual Walk in our Talk, the builder of our faith, the friend that never betrays confidence, and on and on. You name it, God can fix it, mend it, reveal it and heal it simply because Jesus has already redeemed it.
Halleluiah!!
I like adding the word, Halleluiah, to posts. It forces the reader to read it and the the very word itself is giving God the highest praise. So now you've praised God twice:)
One of my dearest friends, Tuesday Gaylord, has a wonderful book of poems that is available through the iuniverse.com site and other bookstores. This book will bless your spirit. Please check out, "Medicine for the Soul" :) I am so very proud of her and proud of what she is allowing God to do in her life. Keep an eye out for this young lady, I see great novels coming her way. http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D23324%2D4
More inches pouring off, my sweetie and I, went to dinner after I was done on the set of "ER", and he was amazed by just how much thinner I am since last weekend. I give all the glory to the one that truly deserves it, GOD! I am continuing to strive towards my goal. I have 30 lbs to go, and I will maintain 110-115. I will be there soon!!! Meantime pray our family's strength in the Lord as we continue to lift all of you:)
8/8/02
I have a date for my Tummy Tuck! Things have been extremely busy for me the last few weeks; therefore, I had to really consider if now was that right time to schedule it. Well, I am going to have in on September 5th. I currently have 25 more pounds to lose before reaching my goal of 110, after the tummy tuck it will be a little less. I look at the pics that I have posted here and my face is so much larger than it is now. I will have new pics by December, after my swelling has gone down somewhat. You have to hear this girls, I've been approached on the set of the "Gilmore GirNah! Nah! LOL
I'll just stick the balls that I am juggling now
(Acting, writing, directing, producing, wife, mother) LOL
I have been a busy little bee.
In fact, I have scheduled a conference with God later today regarding how He literally answers prayers. Careful what you ask for, you just might get it:)
In the past few weeks I have been told that I was 20 years old (not that I looked it, but that I was it) so many times that I have almost forgotten exactly how old I really am...LOL Hope you have too:)
The word of the Lord does promise us that He will return to us the years that the Locust has stolen. Even all of the (Over Weight Years) I am getting the attention of some of the top Television Directors on prime time. I am also getting the undesired attention of frisky men! There is a price for being thin ladies...lol
Okay I was booked for a Saturn Commercial in which I had to cancel. Then I had to pull out of being an attorney with George Clooney for the film, "Intolerable Cruelty". I did the 13 hours long Doritos commercial, which ended up starring Enrique Iglesias in a concert hall. I worked the "Gilmore Girls" on this past Tuesday and "Judging Amy" yesterday for 13 1/2 hours. So now, I am off until Monday, to rest up for next week:)
Please continue to pray for me, as I will do the same for you and yours. As a matter of fact we meet with our Pastor every Friday morning at 5 am for prayer, if any of you have prayer request, please feel free to email them to me so that we can stand in prayer with you:) For the prayers of a righteous man is powerful and effective according to James 5:16
I can only pray that this journal have touched hearts and lifted heads, inspired some and encouraged many. If by chance my words have helped you and any way, please let me know by sending emails. For there have been so many nights when I would come home from the set , tired in my body. Suddenly, I would feel led to check my emails just before turning in, and sure enough, my box would be bursting with praise reports, testimonies, those seeking advice, needing prayer, and those who simply wanted to encourage me. I sit and read every single one of them as often tears appear from a deeply touched heart. For if I can go and meet my savior face to face and know that I have helped at least one person, then I feel my life was worth living and not in vain. Thank you my friends, you all know who you are! Thank you for your kind words and thoughtfulness.
Keep your eyes open for our book, " Prayer Without Ceasing", by James & LaPamela Bond. It should hit the shelves no later than the end of November. God's spirit is so compelling. It is indeed a riveting book, it grabs a hold of you right where you are and literally takes you to new heights. It has changed me, it has changed James, and truly, it has changed my family. For years I have walked with God, yet it was through the writing of this book that I discovered what power lies in the deepness of His glory.
I liken the experience to having a good neighbor that has lived next to you for as long as you can remember.
You know your neighbor's name, likes, dislikes, and possibly their schedule.
You speak to one another just about every day.
You exchange smiles and share a mutual appreciation for one another.
This neighbor is always doing for you and giving to you, so full of love.
However, one day this neighbor ask to move in with you.
You know how good your neighbor has been to you through the years.
Therefore, you are happy to share the space.
WOW!
The neighbor that you have grown fond of through the years, you now learn to deeply love as each day passes on.
You can no longer hide your faults from your neighbor behind closed doors and dropped shades.
They see you and love you still.
There's so much more to appreciate in your life long friend:)
Your neighbor.
9/03/02
Hello everyone, how have you all been?
Blessed and on top I'm sure:)
I am just returning from back East and boy did I have a blast!!! I was so happy to see everyone, especially my grandmother who raised me. Leona Avant is one dear woman. I have such a wonderful support system through my family. Everyone was so shocked to see me, some did not recognize who I was...LOL That's okay, I wont hold it against them...LOL I traveled alone and James stayed behind with the babies. I missed them so, having four children is like having constant entertainment. I can truly see how Bill Cosby became so famous just simply talking about his family. I was thrilled to see my sweetie pie at LAX. When we are separated by such distance I often feel as if I am missing a vital part of myself. I pray that everyone finds their soul mate, and if you have found that someone you understand the depth of such a love. Tomorrow I will on the set of "Crossing Jordan", they called me back!!!!! I have a wonderful agent and manager. Not to mention the favor of God that we ALL have access to. Pray for me family as I do for you:)
Well I am thinner. I lost just a bit more. Not weighing for a while though, therefore I can not tell you the exact loss. I have been lifting, building muscles. Therefore, James advised that I wait a bit to weigh myself due to muscle gain. I am aiming for a more defined and cut look.
110 is my goal , however with body building that may be somewhat difficult. Prayer and motivation is the key, therefore I thank all of you for yours.
Keep an eye out for Antonio Avant, we were pretty much raised together, he should be releasing his CD soon. This gentleman has been anointed by God with a powerful voice. The spirit of the Lord is surely upon him. Ever since we were children he would write songs to perform and I would write monologues. The two of us would win everyone one of the talent shows that we entered, top of our categories. We would often dream of the days that we are living right now. One of our main goals is to simply be a blessing and touch many lives. With every aspect of my life, I want to glorify God. I want to walk right up to the very gates of Hell and shack it's foundation. Snatching souls from the fire, fearless and filled with Holy boldness. Oh yes, I long to hear my savior say well done. Then and only then, will the tormented events of my life really make since. It will be all worth it:)
11/2005
Okay some time has gone by, I know, I know:) Life has indeed been busy on this end.
I had the gastric bypass in 2001, a tummy tuck, breast augmentation in 2004, and lipo to upper abs, lower abs, flanks and waist July 2005. I have also been body building, lifting 6 days a week, and cardio 3 days a week. Now I am 4 months pregnant. I have a great doctor and team. I will post my progress as for the duration of the pregnancy.
I will have pics up on my site of weekly and monthly transformations. My site should be up by next week.
lapamelaavant.com
As if we have not been busy enough, there's more.
It has not been easy, however after escaping an abusive marriage 9 years ago, my children and I were blessed with one of the best gifts God
has given us. My husband, James T. Bond. He has come into our lives and turned it around. We were wounded birds that he helped to
nourish back to health. He has given his life to making our lives better and in that has struggled to keep a roof over our heads.
In the last few months he entered the body for life competition in hopes of providing better for our family and reaching people through our
Christian film ministry. He has made it as one of the final 15. Now we're standing in prayer for him to win. I have never met a more giving
person and I'm not sure that I ever will.
We need all of your prayers as well as your votes. Please stop by and vote for my hubby his name is James Bond.
2 days left to vote, and you can vote once per day however you can Pray as often as you can.
bodyforlife.com/challenge/vote.asp?voteId=1
bodyforlife.com
He has motivated me and our children to get on track with fitness. This was no easy thing...lol
Pray for me as I do the same for all of you
pammy
